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Gordon Brown in unannounced Iraq visit

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In a surprise visit, Prime Minister Gordon Brown is today in Baghdad, where he held talks with Iraqi PM Nuri al-Maliki on relations between the two countries. THe government has reported "honest and positive results" from the talks.

The leaders focussed on the importance of "building long-term relations between Iraq and Britain", as well as "economic issues."

Mt Brown will later talk with other senior Iraqi officials and leaders.
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4 responses // Gordon Brown in unannounced Iraq visit

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    British Prime Minister Gordon Brown made an unannounced visit to the Iraqi capital Saturday and held talks with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on bilateral relations, the Iraqi government said.

    Brown and al-Maliki held two rounds of talks, one private, that were "honest and had positive results," the government said.

    Both leaders stressed the importance of building long-term relations between Iraq and Britain, the future of the British presence in Iraq, and economic issues, the government said.

    Brown is scheduled to talks with other senior Iraqi officials and leaders.

    Britain has about 4,000 troops in Iraq, based around the southern city of Basra. British troops handed over security control to Iraqis late last year, but still maintain a presence in Basra province.

    Brown's visit comes less than a week after the head of the British armed forces said troop levels in Iraq should start to come down over the course of 2009.

    Air Chief Marshal Jock Stirrup, the chief of the defense staff, told the BBC that troop numbers will have be more "sustainable" given Britain's military involvement in Afghanistan.
    kushan
  • That is a fantastic and powerful picture of Gordon Brown, but somehow, it doesn't sit right with me.

    I sense foul play... Does anyone else?
    phillyharper
  • not sure its fowl play but i dont blame you for suspecting it.he seems very low key all the time you never here about him in the news much ie plans for blighty.
    breadbin
  • Not sure I trust Brown behind that big M-240 GPMG...
    Dmitri_Molotov

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